A Demonstration With A Shirt

(Crossover with Genesis-Response, and got it into a decent place with the author. Do also note I'm very far behind on XarHD's branch, so this chapter may need further editing in the future.)

While Mona went off to help Van, Cammy took her leave because it was time for her to talk to someone who had been avoiding her for awhile. Someone who Felix's... unique position would be helpful for. She managed to spot Fiona at the reception, and walked over to her.

"Do you think men are always dominant?" Cammy asked without a hint of accusation or anger. "Always the aggressor in this type of thing? I'm not blaming you, but you seem to have a kind of internalized misogyny of viewing women as weak and helpless."

Fiona didn't expect this line of questioning from Cammy. That was intended on Cammy's part, who let her more perverted side be the one everyone saw at the wedding. It was genuine, but it also helped hide who she was when it came time for more serious conversations.

"Who are you to judge me?" Fiona asked. "You submitted to-"

"I didn't submit to anyone," Cammy said. "It's Felix, the person called Master by Harem Hotel, that is in a submissive position. For instance, while I don't take advantage of it, and he can kind of resist it now, the rules allow contestants to gain points from raping Felix if his body enjoys it. We've had multiple contestants exploit that, and at least one of them traumatized him some in the process."

"Bullshit," Fiona barely prevented herself from yelling. "How he can be the master then?"

"Because he still gives us VP when we do unique sex acts with him," Cammy said. "Really, the title master is better thought of as a jailer. A source of points, not a source of dominance anymore than a pinata is."

"That's..." Fiona wasn't sure how to respond. "How do I know you're telling the truth?"

Cammy motioned for Felix to come over. After extracting himself from both Summer and Winter, he jogs on over to them.

"Why do you think Felix is shirtless?" Cammy asked. "Do you think its because he chose to not wear clothing?"

"He's a pervert he enjoys showing his body to women," Fiona said while talking to her. "What else could it be?"

This was the answer Cammy expected. It was why earlier in the day she had an unloved white T-shirt that was more than big enough to fit Felix's frame. Cammy handed him the shirt. "Babe, try putting that on. Don't worry, no one will miss it."

Felix took a deep breath and tried putting the shirt on. Right in front of Fiona, she saw the shirt tear itself apart, no matter how gently Felix tried to put it on. The shirt was large enough for him, and he never tried putting it on in a way that would damage it. And yet, after only a few attempts, the shirt was little more than ribbons.

Fiona said nothing, just staring at the effect. She knew how powerful transformations were, or at least Cammy guessed she knew. What she hadn't seen was a master constrained the way contestants were.

"He has a transformation that means his harem, including yours truly, decide what he wears," Cammy said. "He can no more put on a shirt right now than Erin can put on anything. And back at the bunker, he is nude because of his transformation. Does that sound like someone who controls the women around him?"

Fiona stumbled for words. "Well... he must enjoy it."

"Perhaps, but that'd require him to enjoy being submissive," Cammy said. "Besides, even if he does, it is involuntary. Enjoying something doesn't mean consenting to you, something you should know."

That gave Fiona pause. Cammy knew she wasn't going to suddenly have a revelation about how she had been treating others in her harem, or other women at the wedding for that matter, but that wasn't the point. It was rather to give her one more piece of evidence that, in its own small way, broke the hold of her abuser on her. Felix, to her surprise, said something.

"I tolerate being shirtless but it isn't something I would choose," Felix said. "There are times I enjoy the transformation, but I wouldn't have consented to it. I might be able to get out of it, but I don't want to tempt my host on the matter."

"And why is that?" Fiona asked. "Why would accept not being able to control something as fundamental as whether you get to wear clothing?"

Felix sighed before answering. "I owe things to my contestants. Sometimes that means I have to do things that are uncomfortable. Most of all though, I have no more power over the hotel than you do, I just got assigned a different role. Van didn't choose to be the master either."

"I know that!" Fiona interrupted.

"Do you?" Cammy asked, her voice soft. "Because I promise you, Van is, in many ways, less powerful than you are..."